CryoSat2 Pre-Launch Validation Measurements on Arctic Sea Ice
One of the main goals of ESA’s CryoSat-2 mission are estimates of the sea-ice mass and mass balance. For this aim, CryoSat-2 is designed to retrieve high-quality thickness data for over sea ice through its onboard radar altimeter. Together with other satellite data products, these thickness data of...
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ftdtupubl:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/3bc7329e-8821-465b-88d3-319a0b7607c7 2023-05-15T14:25:14+02:00 CryoSat2 Pre-Launch Validation Measurements on Arctic Sea Ice Nicolaus, Marcel Hendricks, Stefan Stenseng, Lars Helm, Veit Gerdes, Rüdiger Haas, Christian 2010 https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/3bc7329e-8821-465b-88d3-319a0b7607c7 eng eng European Space Agency info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess Nicolaus , M , Hendricks , S , Stenseng , L , Helm , V , Gerdes , R & Haas , C 2010 , CryoSat2 Pre-Launch Validation Measurements on Arctic Sea Ice . in Prodeedings of the European Space Agency Living Planet Symposium . European Space Agency , European Space Agency's 2010 Living Planet Symposium , Bergen , Norway , 28/06/2010 . /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/life_below_water SDG 14 - Life Below Water contributionToPeriodical 2010 ftdtupubl 2022-08-14T08:07:19Z One of the main goals of ESA’s CryoSat-2 mission are estimates of the sea-ice mass and mass balance. For this aim, CryoSat-2 is designed to retrieve high-quality thickness data for over sea ice through its onboard radar altimeter. Together with other satellite data products, these thickness data of sea ice and its snow cover will contribute to increasing our understanding of atmosphere-ice-ocean interaction and improve our ability to quantify observed changes. Our validation measurements show that the penetration depth of the radar signal strongly depends on snow cover characteristics (seasonality and underlying ice type) and is often not the snow-ice interface, as commonly assumed. Validation transects, using airborne electromagnetic ice-thickness measurements, are shown to be a powerful tool for regional-scale validation experiments during different seasons. Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Sea ice Technical University of Denmark: DTU Orbit Arctic |
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One of the main goals of ESA’s CryoSat-2 mission are estimates of the sea-ice mass and mass balance. For this aim, CryoSat-2 is designed to retrieve high-quality thickness data for over sea ice through its onboard radar altimeter. Together with other satellite data products, these thickness data of sea ice and its snow cover will contribute to increasing our understanding of atmosphere-ice-ocean interaction and improve our ability to quantify observed changes. Our validation measurements show that the penetration depth of the radar signal strongly depends on snow cover characteristics (seasonality and underlying ice type) and is often not the snow-ice interface, as commonly assumed. Validation transects, using airborne electromagnetic ice-thickness measurements, are shown to be a powerful tool for regional-scale validation experiments during different seasons. |
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Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper |
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Nicolaus, Marcel Hendricks, Stefan Stenseng, Lars Helm, Veit Gerdes, Rüdiger Haas, Christian |
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Nicolaus, Marcel Hendricks, Stefan Stenseng, Lars Helm, Veit Gerdes, Rüdiger Haas, Christian |
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CryoSat2 Pre-Launch Validation Measurements on Arctic Sea Ice |
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CryoSat2 Pre-Launch Validation Measurements on Arctic Sea Ice |
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CryoSat2 Pre-Launch Validation Measurements on Arctic Sea Ice |
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CryoSat2 Pre-Launch Validation Measurements on Arctic Sea Ice |
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CryoSat2 Pre-Launch Validation Measurements on Arctic Sea Ice |
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cryosat2 pre-launch validation measurements on arctic sea ice |
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European Space Agency |
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2010 |
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Nicolaus , M , Hendricks , S , Stenseng , L , Helm , V , Gerdes , R & Haas , C 2010 , CryoSat2 Pre-Launch Validation Measurements on Arctic Sea Ice . in Prodeedings of the European Space Agency Living Planet Symposium . European Space Agency , European Space Agency's 2010 Living Planet Symposium , Bergen , Norway , 28/06/2010 . |
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